Visible Language


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Relations Between Sound Poetry and Visual Poetry, The Path from the Optophonetic Poem to the Multime

Christian Scholz

ProQuest  EBSCO

A brief history of the development of scores for sound poetry during the twentieth century is presented. The work of Hugo Ball, Raoul Hausmann and Kurt Schwitters is the focus for the early part of the century. From mid-century to end, the work of Franz Mon, Carlfriedrich Claus and Valeri Scherstjanoi is the focus.